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View definitions for wise up

wise up

adjective as in erudite

verb as in post

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Example Sentences

If the leaders of the party know this fact, they are certainly not going to wise up their foot soldiers.

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Of course, what is especially critical is how many of these defendants will wise up and listen to Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

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It’s a scam, of course, one that only he knows is happening and it requires him and his hoodwinked team to occasionally hit the road before suckers wise up and want their money back.

Brett Baird, the office manager for Green Home Solutions, which does weatherization work in Pennsylvania and New Jersey under agreements with local utilities, said consumers are just beginning to wise up.

Dad thinks if he just keeps slamming me with punishment after punishment, I’ll wise up.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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